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Schools in Center Township

Center Township’s public schools

Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286 and West Elk Unified School District 282 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Center Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.7K
▲ 32% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · West Elk Unified School District 282
Students per teacher
10.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
549 students on the public path
In brief

Center Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Center Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Sedan Elem places highest (better than 54%); West Elk Schools lowest (41%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Center Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286.

Two districts serve Center Township

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 360 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 9.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,745KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
West Elk Unified School District 282Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 597 students, down 13% since 2021–22 · 10.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,705KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 28632%
State average 32.5% · 190 students tested
Math · PK–12, Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 28627%
State average 29.4% · 194 students tested
Reading · PK–12, West Elk Unified School District 28222%
State average 32.5% · 276 students tested
Math · PK–12, West Elk Unified School District 28217%
State average 29.4% · 275 students tested

Center Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Center Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Center Township—Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286 PK–12 · West Elk Unified School District 282 PK–12
Lafayette—Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286
Elk Falls—West Elk Unified School District 282
Wildcat—West Elk Unified School District 282

2 of the 3 neighbors share West Elk Unified School District 282 with Center Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Center Township

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Center Townshipin other towns
West Elk Schools
Grades PK–12 · Howard
C+
371 students11:1Rate it →
Sedan Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sedan
B−
178 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Center Township’s schools

Are Center Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Center Township. Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286 and West Elk Unified School District 282 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Center Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Center Township in?

Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286 and West Elk Unified School District 282.

Where do Center Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: West Elk Schools and Sedan Elem.

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What Center Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.